Celso de Mello

Retired STF Justice Celso de Mello turns 80 and, in an interview with Folha, stresses the need for internal cohesion in the court to counter external attacks. He defends the Supreme Court's rulings in the coup plot trial that convicted Jair Bolsonaro and reaffirms the tribunal's independence against foreign pressures. Mello notes that no power survives the disunity of its members.